Interdisciplinary Medical Social Work: A Working Taxonomy

Maramaldi, Peter; Sobran, Alexandra; Scheck, Lisa; Cusato, Natalie; Lee, Irene; White, Erina; Cadet, Tamara

doi:10.1080/00981389.2014.905817

Cited by 22 publications

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“…These complex health and well-being issues need to be addressed by integrated and interdisciplinary knowledge and strategies [ 28 ], which are aligned with the interdisciplinary nature of the social work profession, especially in the health and social care sectors and community settings [ 29 , 30 ]. For example, according to Maramaldi and colleagues [ 31 ], social workers in the healthcare sector indicate that interdisciplinary training could swiftly place them within a multidisciplinary healthcare team and enhance the healthcare quality that these social workers could offer their clients. This could be accomplished by exploring various patient-specific factors (e.g., home environment, beliefs, and culture).…”

Section: Green Social Work Research Practice and Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adaptability, Interdisciplinarity, Engageability: Critical Reflections on Green Social Work Teaching and Training

Greig

2022

Healthcare

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The upward tendencies of global climate change, disasters, and other diverse crises have been urgently calling for green social work (GSW) interventions which engage a holistic approach to explore diverse societal dimensions’ compounded influences on inhabitants’ individual and collective health and well-being in disaster settings. Though globally gaining more attention, GSW has been slow to develop in the Canadian social work curriculum and professional training. This deficit jeopardizes integrating environmental and climate justice and sustainability in social work research and practice in Canada. In response to this pedagogical inadequacy, this article employs a critical reflection approach to examine two authors’ two-academic-year teaching–learning and supervision-training experiences of GSW-specific in-class and field education in a Master of Social Work program. The content analysis illustrates three essential components for GSW-specific teaching and training, namely adaptability, interdisciplinarity, and engageability. These components enhance the prospective social workers’ micro-, mezzo-, and macro-level practices to better support individuals, families, and communities affected by extreme events and promote their health and well-being in disaster and non-disaster scenarios. These GSW-specific pedagogies shed light on the fact that integrading climate change, disasters, and diverse crises in pedagogical innovations should be encouraged beyond the social work profession. A multidisciplinary multi-stakeholder engagement approach would comprehensively investigate and evaluate the essential components and evidence-based strategies that better serve inhabitants and promote resilience and sustainability.

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Section: Green Social Work Research Practice and Educationmentioning

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Adaptability, Interdisciplinarity, Engageability: Critical Reflections on Green Social Work Teaching and Training

Greig

2022

Healthcare

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“…The professional and academic nature of social work is inherently interdisciplinary and addresses a diverse array of topics and vulnerable populations using a variety of philosophies and methods. As the social work profession continues to grow and diversify to address the needs of the ever-evolving social landscape, social workers are increasingly being tapped as direct members or consultants for interdisciplinary treatment and research teams (Maramaldi et al 2014). Collaborative interdisciplinary care is becoming increasingly common in both acute and chronic care, as many cases must address a host of tangential issues connected to the illness, such as the mental health of the patient or the shifting family dynamics that illness can cause (Rothman and Wagner 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

A Social Work Perspective on Paediatric and Adolescent Research Vulnerability

McGregor

Hall

Wilkerson

et al. 2016

SWSSR

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Children’s and adolescents’ capacity to provide valid informed consent is one of the key ethical concerns in pediatric research. This review of adolescent vulnerability is presented to highlight the complex interplay between capacity and other forms of vulnerability. This review is offered as an interdisciplinary analysis to better understand why the study of vulnerable populations is critical to the ethical advancement of clinical research. Results from this analysis suggest the need for enhanced screening techniques as well as the utilization of specialized staff to identify and reduce the impact of different forms of vulnerability. These findings also provide insights into ways to ethically involve youth in complex biomedical research.

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“…The benefits of incorporating social work practice within health environments are welldocumented within the scholarly literature (Kitchen & Brook, 2005;Zulman & Grant, 2016). In these environments, social workers have proven to be valuable in the roles of team coordinator, referral source, mental health clinician, and patient advocate (Kitchen & Brook, 2005;Maramaldi et al, 2014). As such, collaborative efforts could be beneficial in other health care settings, such as dental clinics (Petrosky et al, 2009).…”

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A Collaborative Assessment of Barriers to Oral Health Care

Lyons

Schrader

Galyean³

et al. 2021

ASW

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Oral health disparities are pervasive. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice experiences may be a means to address this problem in oral healthcare settings. This project aimed to determine: (1) barriers involved in patients’ access to oral health care at an academic dental school clinic, (2) dental students’ perceived ability to address patients’ needs and/or care barriers, (3) the ability of current clinical operations’ to address access to care issues, and (4) the potential role of a licensed health care social worker integrated into the clinic. Investigators conducted three focus groups –one student group (n=5), one clinical staff group (n=7), and one clinical faculty group (n=5). Further, investigators administered two needs assessment surveys in the dental school – one with students, staff, and faculty (n=144) and the second with the school’s dental patients (n=150). Investigators employed descriptive and inferential statistical analyses to evaluate the survey data. Five principal barriers to oral health care for dental patients were identified from focus group and survey data, inclusive of patients, students, staff and faculty perspectives: (1) lack of financial means, (2) lack of/inadequate insurance, (3) limited/no transportation, (4) general health problems, and (5) language barriers. More female patients (38.7%) than male patients (8.1%) reported financial barriers to accessing oral care. Including licensed social workers in an academic dental clinic may help address patient barriers to care and support interprofessional collaborative practice.

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Interdisciplinary Medical Social Work: A Working Taxonomy

Cited by 22 publications

References 34 publications

Adaptability, Interdisciplinarity, Engageability: Critical Reflections on Green Social Work Teaching and Training

Adaptability, Interdisciplinarity, Engageability: Critical Reflections on Green Social Work Teaching and Training

A Social Work Perspective on Paediatric and Adolescent Research Vulnerability

A Collaborative Assessment of Barriers to Oral Health Care

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